It's all about money. Win at all costs. We can't kill the cash cow. The more I read about this scandal the more disgusted I become. Again, would you want your daughter to go to a school like this?
Paul Newberry , USA Today -- This latest case has been brewing since last year, when Starr — best known as the investigator in the Monica Lewinsky scandal — asked a law firm to review Baylor's handling of sexual assault cases following allegations that the school brushed aside several incidents involving football players.
There were plenty of reasons for officials to look the other way, all of them involving dollar signs. Under Briles, the Bears had become a college football powerhouse, a team known for its high-powered offense and winner of two Big 12 championships in the last three seasons. No one wanted to cripple the goose that laid the golden egg.
The cover-up began to fall apart when former football player Sam Ukwuachu, who had transferred to Baylor after being booted out of Boise State, was convicted last August of sexually assaulting a female soccer player. The allegations kept coming: At least seven other women have come forward, claiming the school ignored their rape claims against players.
When I read this report, it almost looks just like the Penn State sex abuse scandal all over again.
Baylor failed to take appropriate action to respond to reports of sexual assault and dating violence reportedly committed by football players. The choices made by football staff
and athletics leadership, in some instances, posed a risk to campus safety and the integrity of the University. In certain instances, including reports of a sexual assault by multiple football
players, athletics and football personnel affirmatively chose not to report sexual violence anddating violence to an appropriate administrator outside of athletics.
In those instances, football coaches or staff met directly with a complainant and/or a parent of a complainant and did not report the misconduct. (Baylor University Findings of fact)
